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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-18
OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS.
Reports of Recent Experiments OF See
Captains I'm Heavy Storms.

The photographic office of the Navy
Department, IN Wow Of the evidence of
the value of oil to lessen the dangerous
effect OF heavy seas, and desirous of dis
seminating facts as widely as possible
recently prepared n circular to be issued
to commanders Of d@cp-sCG vessels sail
ing from t!is and other ports, request
ing experiments with oil when the
opportunity occurs, and reports of the
re ult to ,ne of the branch Offices of the
photographic Office.
The uss of mineral oil Is not recon-
mcndcd, while the importance of carry
ing g supply of animal or vegetable oil
for use in emergencies, the chief of the
bureau says, cannot DO overestimated.
Among the reports fled Is one from
Captain Avery of the schooner Jennie
a. Cheney, in connection with q severe
hurricane off the Florida coast. He
says he used oil with very satisfactory
results, and adds:
"After the sails were blown away,
finding it necessary to do something to
sRve fle ship and the crew, / took
small canvas bag and turned about five
gallons OF Hnseed oil into it, and hung
it over the starboard quarter. The wash
of the sea caused a little of the oil to
leak ont and smooth the surface, so that
L
consider that the oil used during the
last and heaviest part of the hurricane
saved the vessel and the crew"
Captain Frost, of the ship St David,
speaking of his experience In q tempest
on September 23d, says:
"I got up three canvas bags, oal1um
and some old fish oil that had been In
the ship for long time; oallum balls
were placed in the bags after being sat
uratcd with oil till each bag was half
full; then one and a half gallons of oil
were poured into the bag on top of the
Oakum, and the bags sewed up, pricked
and lashed one in each weather chan
ncl. 20 that when tis ship -ollo1 to the
windward they would go under water.
In this way the oil dripped out gradu-
ally and spread over to windward as the
ship drifted to leeward. After this no
wave broke over"
Captain Dawson, of the ship Hallow-
cen, used parafine and COLA to smooth
the sea down, and asserts that he thus
saved his vessel.-[N. Y. Commercial
Advertiser
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-18
TRUERN STEEL.
THE JAY BIRD,

A leanin' on the bar-post, an thinkin'
fer mint,
An shellin fer the chickins carr
corn cr So
The air es dry es fodder an the wind
with winter in it,
The cracks atween the shingles plugged
up with early snow
L hear the jays hollerin', iokin' an
a lafIin',
A rilin' Of each other with their braggy.
sassy chaffin'.
Not pee-wee ner a bluc-bird ken be
seen arOun' the diggins,
An the cat-bird up n sneaked away a
month ago,
An the kiIIdeer in the stuJbIe with
dandy frills and triggins,
Has shied away along the rest fer
fear o. snow,
But tho jay-birds amt no cowerds, an
so they keep on stayin',
Jest es perk and Jest as sassy's If t was
only hayin.
Their robbings, so like humans, when
yer pOSies stop a BLOWN,
An the berries that they like air all
gohbled down
Strike out'n leave We lonesome, with the
deys a shorter CROWN
An the sun but family smilin' ct ye
through frOwn.
But the Iay-bird stays right by yes one
es shows a likin'
Strongest for ye when the rest hes got
ye corner'd an a strikin'.
When I cut fer the cornfieI' fer lone
some day huskin',
1 scarcely git a shock throw'd down
fairly ter begin,
Fore the jay-birds cum a tearin' s if
theys jest a Dustin
Fer ter help me out n quick like frum
the hurry l am in.
An they hOller ct each other-keep
whOOpin' an a yelpin'
An make me chirk an cheerful. which
is good a most as helpin'.
FL c'ud write sum verses handy, like
I've seen them printers,
An make tune as nice for them as
Mrs. jimmy Lind,
They Sh'ud both bc bout the jay-bird
n loaiing through the winters,
An miNin up their yawpin' with snow
an frccZin wind.
It's easy u"ugh in summer when the
skv is blue an CLOWN
Ter be SjHEiu'-but it's deterrent when
the same is black an snOwin
i Boston Transcript.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-18

The great naturalist, Cuvier, was
walking one day with young lady who
was victim of tight lacing, in public
garden in Paris A lovely blossom upon
an elegant plant drew from her an
expression of admiration.
Looking at her pale, thin face, Cuvier
said:
You were like this flower once; to-
morrow it will be as you are now"
Next day he led her to the same spot,
and the beautiful flower was dying.
She asked the cause.
This plant, replied Cuvier, els an
image of yourself I will show you
what is the matter with it.
He pointed to a cord bound tightly
around the stem, and said:
"You are fading away exactly in the
same manner under the compression of
your corset, and you are losing by de-
grees all your youthful charms, Just be-
cause you have not the courage to resist
this dangerous fashion. ~ Washington
Republic
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-18

A gentleman who is kind enough 10 be
q devoted reader of this column wants to
know what 1 mean by saying that Salvini
places his voice in the top of his head.
He writes: There are throat Tor hcadi
voices and chest voices aS | understand
the matter. All good singers have chest
voices. and all wcll-traincd actors Ii is
the chest voice that never fati,ucS il the
speaker also knows whom and how To-
breathe l know this perfectly we'll, bui
it is knowing just how to place this chc-:
voice that makes Salvini's speech SO
beautiful. The knack consists in the
proper throwing of the chest voice up
against the nasal cavity, which acts as a
sounding-board. The late Nine. Ruders-
dorf perfectly understood this placing of
the voice. and so do the best teachers
In Paris -[Critic.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-18
A DUCK STORY.
A "settler" In the Way OF Astonishinr
Aad Vcrnciou5 Yarns.

Aoo NSAASAOu8 AHFuhs
Several old cportJ were 1eated around
the table at tko Board of Trade and as
usual were deeply interested in narrat-
ing their achievements in the duck
hunting line, and some very tall yarns
were spun, but as nobody questioned
the volunteered experience Of anybody
else in the crowd, evc-yt t..--.s went G.oug
peaceably until Colonel Minor took a
hand with the following statement,
which for the time being completely
paralyzed the boys.
You fellows think you're mighty
smart when you try to stuff US that
you've killed forty and fifty ducks at a
shot. You're no good. / saw a shot
once that xii ed a millionp
." On, let up," chorused the gang.
'Won't do it. If you don't leave me
alone I'll make it two million, and then
I'll be on the inside"
Lets have it, then, if it isn't too
much sudden death"
"Well, 1 don't care whether you be
lieve me or not" said the old gentle
man, "but it's the truth I'm telling
you.
In 1S45 was captain of the steam
boat Gazelle, running in the gulf trade
from Houston to Galveston, coasting
as it were. At the northern end OF the
bay was river barely navigable at the
best Oftimes.
1.-THE surrounding country was un-
settled, and the region was a perfect
gOdsend for spOrtsmen. Winged game
were innumcrable, and seemingly made
it their headquarters, more especially
during stormy weather, as the locality
was we'll sheltered and landlocked
"a storm arose after we left Calves
ton on this particular trip, and as steam
boats were not built either as large or
as substantial as they are at the present
time, we broke for shelter and anchored
at the j. outh of the river. The spot
is now known es San JacintO Bay.
at was barely twilight, but the whole
river as far as we could sec was solid
mass Of ducks, geese and trout.
Suddenly a flash of lightning or q
thunderholt sprang out of the sky; there
was a deafening and binding shock,
svch as had never before or have ever
sInco experienced, and all those ducks
turned up their toes"
"hiu 'em alp" asked one Of the
crowd.
blessed If I know" said the Col
onel, fbut the whole of Galveston Bay
was covered with ducks for fortnight
The people lived on salted duck for
about a year, and l gathered in about
160 bales of feathers"
"See here, now, we can't stand
everything"
Wishimaydie if it amt so. I've got
some of the feathers at home yet, and
will bring you down a sample the next
time think of it. - Cincinnati Sun.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-18
Protection Against D.oeitfuI Charms.

An unrepealed law of New Jersey,
passed while the State was o British
colony, reads as follows:
"That all women of whatever age,
rank, profession or degree, whether
virgins, maids or widows, who shall
after this act impose upon, seduce and
betray into matrimony any of His
Maiesty's subjects by virtue of scents,
cosmetics, washes, paints, artificial
teeth, false hair or high-heeled shoes,
shall incur the penalty of the law now
in force against witchcraft and like
misdemeanozs." .e
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-18

A retired newspaper man tells of
pleasing experience with Mr.. Wander
bilt
"I went to interview Mr.. v" he
says, land the big man was smilingly
silent
"'Surely you wouldn't hinder news
paper man making few dollars 1 said
to him facetiously. "A talk from you
Is worth q great deal; made hand
some sum out of my first interview with
you
"' Well, by George, 1 like a man
who can make money out of me- said
the railway king. 1T takes a smart
man to do it; fire away with your
questions >"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-18
What Dakota Means.

''Vaysger" writes to the New York Sun
as fofhws:
Sc believe that Idaho is n patched-uP
fanciful word, with no meaning; but
Dakota is a different kind OF thing.
Dakota means cutthroat. II Is the
name Of the Sioux Indians, whose orig
inal habitat Is now Dakota Territory.
when a Sioux Indian meets another,
he gives the sign of his own nationality
by drawing his hand across his throat"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-18
Dakota and the Plug Hat.

The st. Paul Pioneer Press tells the
story Of Dakota man who was sitting
In the Merchants Hotel, St Paul, care
fully watching another man who wore q
silk tile Of the latest pattern.
Finally, he coufided to friend that
he was thinking how much money 1t
would take to induce him to wear q
plug hat.
He said he might do it for 800. but
would tell everybody that he was doing
1t for a wager, adding that If g man
were to wear plug hat In his town in
Dakota he would be tolerably certain
to be mobbed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-18
One OF the 0ddesS OF MortaIs.

Farmer John Sellers is one of the
oldest of mortals John lives near New
Philadelphia, Ohio.
He never shears his sheep, but allows
the wool to grow on their backs until it
drags on the ground. People travelled
for miles last summer to see his flock
of sheep that had not been shorn for six
years. From distance the sheep
looked like hayshocks IN the field. The
wool was IS inches in length.
His geese are never picked, nor does
he ever brandish that woeful weapon,
the razor, on his own face, which is hid
den in Rip Van Wrinkle riot of beard.
"God puts the wool on the backs of
the sheep, and it is sinful to clip it, :"
says the Buckeye philosopher, with
more sentiment than sense.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-18
Indian women.

The Indian women are coming hourly
to the front.
Synod OF Dakota. the Indian women re
ported having raised $500 for missionary
work among their own people the last
year.
This was more than all the money
raised by their white sisters in three so
cieties
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-18

A large part Of the popcorn used in
the world comes from Bloomington,
Ill, where the farmers wives and chill
dren used to consider II their per
quisite.
Chemists declare popcorn 10 contain
more albuminoids than most Of the
other cereals, making it good diet.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-18
Our Venerable Historian.

Historian Bancroft has 3 library Of
some 1900 books. He has been O
prominent figure for sixty wears; has
met and known about all the prominent
men Of this country, and Is one Of the
few Americans who knew Niebuhr,
Bunsen, Goethe, Byron, KAISER. VII
helm, and other celebrities abroad.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-18
Interesting Experiment.

A resident of Mason Valley, New, has
raised toward promising cathood three
kittens obtained from the nest of q wild
cat. They sEe good ratters.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-18
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, 1887-09-10

IL ieiE1o2ab sai T.slf Moscow Aug. l..
Il NJ lKalkof died at o'clock this
afternoon al Snamensky, his country
sent near this city. 9aa .4.eT
The death OF M. Katkoff removes
the most conspicuous Russian of the
day, for, is addition TO his position
as unpopular heros he had acquired a
European reputation which was like
ly to increase with the knowledge of
the powerful ~inftac,fce he exercised
over the mind Of the Cazr and the
passions of bis, fellow countrymen.
That influence was all the more re-
Imarkabte because atkoffs career
reveals many Inconsistencies, aud he
thought more of the ehd-thc great
ness, of Russia--,han OIL the means,
for he was at one time d~ieiexponent
0fa Liberal and at another of an
ultra Conservative policy. II says
much for The power Of the Press in
q country where it has no liberty
, 1887-09-10

years the exponent and the propa-
ogator of his views. until the Govern
ment found before long that he was
a force which had TO be reckoDed
with and did, thevEisest thing in its
power bNlfkipg a6bp into its coun-
ellis. Tbe,hord Katkpf, as he was
called, thus 4bRPgliaiised beth the conf
dence Of thav Gpvesnment and the
admiration of the public. In the
former respect he was more fortunate
than his great contemporary, the
late General Skobelef. M@I9t3t.s
Michael Nikiforovitch KntkoH, the
scion of a noble family, was born at
Moscow in the year 1890. He studied
at Moscow University and after
wards at K6nigsberg and Berlin,
where he became a student and de-
voted follower of SchelIing. On his
return to Russia he was appointed
Professor of Philosophy at Moscow,
but he resigned his chair in 1849 in
consequence of the restrictions plnc-
ed on academical teaching by the
Gear Nichofas!!peHh 1855 he made
his first jQuAE4RFa3fffstitp a2sggn (5,h.re by pub
fishing thHpR ussa5l W5estnik, in
which he tppopblhndeGd the ideas OF
modern Liberalism and especially
advocated a system of self govern
ment on the model IF the English
Constitution. He NJ the same time
declared that he had no sympathy
with the Radical and Socialist party.
The revolution in Poland and the
force lent by that event to rev0Iu-
tionary doctrines in Russia itself
induced Katkoff, who had become
editor of the MOSCOW Gazette in 1861,
to change his political views, and
ne became the Apostle of National
II russia. He was the rcnl author OF
The despatch OF General M%Ouravieff
to wilma in the year mentioned, and
that vigorous exponent of the power
of Russia was daily extolled in the
columns of Katkofrs Journal. Poland
was told that she had no chance
"but to unite her aspirations with
those of Russia and to inoculate
herself with the principles which
have been elaborated and elaborate
themselves in the political develop
ment Of the Russian people," II
Katkof contributed to the exaltation
Of Mouravief he also took his part
in the dowhfAflo6dY lie pacific Marquis
Vielopolski,p ahSNWaSld Have given
the Poles a%arFalFYg4e shaAfSsn 'iInhf the adj
ministratio" @& thsE SetB5uHtry. But
Katkoff preached 4 more attractive
doctrine than justice 10 Poland-yiz..
the classification of the Empire of
the Gar. If ,h- was nnti-Pole on
the Vistula he was not less anti
German in the Baltic Provinces, and
Indeed Ire was the first, as he was The
chief, exponent of the cry Russia for
The Russians. Th" causes of his
growth of popularity with Govern
ment and people alike may be easily
interred-he was useful to the former,
and ir the latter he awoke the spark
of patriotism and national self conf
dence. .
Although 'KMk96. had become q
n~oIitician and,a nub1iSe Wrher, he had
, 1887-09-10


The triumph Of Golovnin vas brief,
for he fell 10 May Of the following
year, and Katkof and LeoDtief eRec-
ted a complete revolution Of the
system in force in all the gymnasa
of the Empire. The new law was
carried out by Count Tolstoi, under
the instigation of katkoff, in face of
the opposition OF the entire Press,
and after Tolstoi's death in April,
1880, Katkof caused it 10 be carried
on without any alteration. After the
death OF Alexander H., he became
the head of the, National party, and
it WINS due to his influence that the
proposed summoning of IA Parliament
of provincial delegates was abandon
ed. This triumph resulted in the
dismissal of the Ministers Loris
Melikof. Abax, and Miiiutine, and
in the triumphs of the so-called ma
tionaI and PROFESSIONALLY reaction
airy system. NJ. Katkof was then
offered but refused the portfolio of
Minister Of instruction, he accepted
however, the dignity of a prisy coun
cillor. BY this time his views on edu-
cational matters had been modified by
his political leanings, and he had aban-
dored the teachings Of SchelIing for
those of the advanced Russian school.
Proof Of this was furnished in his
using his influence with the Minister
DelyanOf to procure the abandon
ment of the liberal University Statutes
of 1868 which he had been himself
instrumental iii procuring, and thus he
went back in his earlier protestations.
Here again, he was thinking not of
the intrinsic merits OF different systems
of education, bat oil what he conceived
TO be best for the political future Of
Russia.
The views Of a statesman who
started from the assumption that
Russia is to maintain her present
greatness and to become greater in
the eyes of the world by nationalizing
the different elements Of the Empire
could not be expected to take a form
very friendly to Germany, for Ger
mans have aim ost monopoliztd the
administrative posts for a century az
the principal agents of laussia's
greatness. Katkoff was throughout
the greater part of his career anti.
German in everything except the
system of education, but in 1884 he
cnused il to be made known that he
regarded the alliance with Germany
as useful 10 Russia, and that he saw
nc s why she should NOT live on
good terms with Austria Hungary.
But those views were only dictated by
a temporary necessity and expressed
oui of Difference to the Court. Kat
kof will always be remembered IN Rus
STA as the eloquent exponent of Russian
instincts, and the real feeling at the
bottom Of the national regret caused
by his death will be a sense that,
great az were the services he render
Ell Russia under Nicholas aud under
Alexander IT,, his inf Ience with
Alexander III, and the Developments
of the national feeling in Russia which
he had himself done SO much to create,
, 1887-09-10

In a discussion on the Irish Land
Bill Mr.. IT. Healy was called TO
7 order II repeatedly by the Chair
man of Committees for loudly
I inviting some Member, whom he nc
cused Of %interruping the debate, to
get up and say what he had to say.
Mr.. Healy a~pologised, and the Incl
dent seemed to be ut IN end, when
during the division, he called out TO
Mr.. De Isle (M.P. for the Lough-
borough Division OF Nottinghamshire)
!" Come here, De Lisle, if you are
a man il you interrupt me again, |
will break your neck" As this oc-
CURED during a division, Mr.. Court
ney thought that he had no power as
Chairman TO treat the incident, SO he
sent Tor the Speaker and reported it
to him. The speaker called ON Mr..
Healy TO explain und apologize, which
he declined to do, simply saying that
the Irish Members greatly resented
The interruptions by Tory Members,
and that he felt "no regret" for the
course he had taken. At the same
time, he paid a tribute to Mr.. Court
ney's fairness, and asked the Irish
Members not TO vote against his owl
suspension, and he was accordingly
suspended without a division. After
his suspension, Sir w. Hnfcourt pro-
tested warmly against the insulting
manner OF some of the Tory Mem,
bers f; and after the Chairman had
resumed the chair, Mr.. De Lisle, ON
being asked whether he was guilty
of The provocative laughter that had
occurred, said that, far from having
laughed. he had not even smiled.
The sitting was one of great heat,
and there was certainly fault on both
sides of The House.-Spect0tOr.
On. Saturday last the Queen re
viewed from The deck of the Royal
Yacht, if not the most imposing, at
any rate the most formidable Fleet
that has ever been assembled. The
ships, to the number Of 1876, consist
ing Of every type and size of vessel,
were rnngedin double lines, and down
this sea,lanc, over four miles long,
the Queen passed. It would, per
haps, have been more striking if in
stend the ships had defled before her
Majesty; but, possibly, to have per,
formed this evolution with a Fleet Of
such numbers, and composed OF yes
sells of such enormous size and ton
mage, would have been too dangerous.
In the great Naval Review of 1856,
Mt the close of the Crimean War, such
was the plan of Review adopted; but
then the Fleet did not consist OF
heavily armoured ironClad turret-
ships.-lbsd. %aad alaa .l ~.
sA.HslGy 03 "Q4TXa+K0T
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